Background

• 1982 started training of General Nurse Midwife and Medical Technicians for hospitals
• 1989 upgraded as The Royal Institute of Health Sciences  (RIHS)
• 1999 celebrated Silver Jubilee
• 2001 started 2 year Bachelors in Nursing conversion course in collaboration with La Trobe University, Australia. 3 (52) batches graduated.
• 2003 became a member college/institute of the Royal University of Bhutan.
• 2008 delinked from MOH
• 2010 started 2 year Bachelors in Public Health
• 2012 started 2 year Bachelors in Nursing and Midwifery course
• 2013 became Faculty of Nursing and Public Health under the newly established University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan
• 2014 started 2 year  Bachelors of Science in Nurse Anesthesia.